The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-15
Omeial Call.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The follow
ing call for the next national republic
can convention has been issued by the
national republican committee:
To the Republican Electors of the United
States.
In accordance with usage. and obedi-
ent to the instructions of the repubii-
can national convention of 1884, a
national convention of delegated rep
resentatives of the republican party
will be held at the city of Chicago, ILL.,,
on Tuesday, the 18th of June, 1888,
at II O'Clock, noon, for the
purpose Of nominating candi-
dates for President and Vice-President,
to be supported at the next national
election, and for the transaction of
such other business as may be there
presented. Republican electors in the
several states and voters, without re-
gard to past political utilization, differ
ence or action, who believe in the
American principle of a protective
tariff for the defense and development
of home industries and the elevation
of home labor, who would reduce the
mutation of the surplus in the treasury
in harmony with this principle, who
are opposed to the attempt
now mole openly avowed than ever be-
fore to establish a policy which would
strike down American labor to the
level of the underpaid and oppressed
workers of foreign lands, who favor a
system of naval and coast defences
which will enable the United States to
conduct its international negotiations
with self respect, who gratefully
cherish the defenders of the country,
who condemn and resent the continued
and unjust exclusion of rapidly grow
ing territories which have an indis-
putable title to admission in the sister
hood of states, who are In favor of free
schools and popular education, free
and honest ballot, and fair count,
the protection of every citizen OF the
United States in the legal rights at
home and abroad, a foreign policy that
shall extend our trade and commerce to
every land and CLINE, and shall prop
erly support the dignity of the nation,
and the promotion of friendly and har-
monious relations and interests be-
tween all the states, are cordially in
Vited to unite under this call in the
formation of a national ticket. Each
state will be entitled to four delegates
at large and for each representative at
large two Delegates, and each con-
gressional district. each territory and
the district Of California to two dele
gates.
The delegates at large shall be
chosen by popular state conventions,
called in not less than twenty days af-
ter published notice. and not less than
I thirty days before the meeting of the
national convention. The congression-
al district delegates shall be chosen in
the same manner as the nomination of
a member of congress- is made in said
districts. The territorial delegates
shall be chosen in the same manner as
the nomination Of delegates in con-
gress is made. The dele
gates from the District of
Columbia shall be chosen at the con-
vention constituted of members elected
in the primary district assemblies held
under the call and direction of the re-
publican central committee of said
District. An alternate delegate for
each delegation in the national con-
vention to act in case of the absence of
| the delegate shall be elected in the
same manner and at the same place as
the delegate is elected. All notices OF
I contests must be fled with the
national committee in writing, accom-
panied by printed state
ment of the grounds of the contest
and shall be made public. Preference
in the order of hearing and determin-
ing contests will be given by the con.
vention in accordance with the dates
of fling of such notices and state.
ments with the national committee.
(Signed.l B. F. JONES,
SAMUEL FEsENDEN, Chairman,
Secretary.
Washington, Dec. g., 1887.